Envelop.



G. P. SKNNER.

ENVELOP.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. I4, 1907.

917,869., Patented Apr. 6, 1909.

GARFIELD P. SKINNER, OF KANORADO, KANSAS.

ENvELoP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 6, 1909.

Application led November 14, 1907. I Serial No. l102.097.

To all whom 'it may concem:

Be it known that I, GARFIELD P. SiirNNER, a citizen of the United- States, residing at Kanorado, in the county of Sherman and State of Kansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Envelops, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an envelop or wrapper for inclosing merchandise matter to be transmitted through the mails without danger of the contents being marred.

'lhe invention has for one of its object-sto provide an envelop which is rovided with a lining of Apadding of any suitable material, and which is of extremely light weight and of simple and durable construction.

A further object of the invention is the provision of an envelop containing a padding which is glued or otherwise secured to the envelop blank before the envelop is folded and glued together so that a cushioned pocket is formed to receive the article which would be likely to be marred, scratched or broken in shipment or transmittal through the mails. Q

With these objects in view and others, as will appear as the description proceeds, the

invention comprises the various novel features of construction and arrangement of part-s which will be more fully described ereinafter and set forth with partieularity in the claim appended hereto.

.In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates one of the embodiments of the invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the envelop showin the same open. Fig; 2 is a plan view of t e envelop blank with the padding applied thereto. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section of Fig. 1.

Similar reference characters are employed to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawing, A desi ates a paper, cardboard or other l blank which may e of any desired shape and size and which forms the body of the envelop. In the present instance, the blank comprises a body portion or front 1, a back fia 2 folded on the crease 3 from the bottom e o'e of the portion 1, and a top flap 4 connected` with the u per edge of the ortion 1. The to flap is a apted to fold ownwardly over t e back flap 2 of the envelo and ma have a gummed sur= face indicated by the ea line 5, Fig. 3,so as to be stuck to the bac flap. The side edges of the front portion 1 have narrow flaps .the creases between the and with the third free edge f the bottom.

6 which are adapted to fold over the back flap 2 and to be glued thereto, thereby closing the ends of the envelo The envelop is provide( with the padding B of cotton battingV or the like, wlnch is of substantially the same size as the combined areas of the front of the envelop and back flap, and this adding is secured to the blank in any suitab e manner, as for instance, by being glued thereto. The padding is folded on the dotted line 7, Fig. 2, when the back flap is turned upwardly for gluing the end flaps 6 thereto. The adding does not have its entire surface glue to the blank but it is essential, however, to glue the ends to the front and back flap aloii the top edges of the latter, so that there W' be no 'danger of inserting an article carelessly between the padding and envelo instead of between the two halves of the pa ding.

Anenvelop `constructed in the manner set forth is es ecially useful for mail order concerns for elivering a certain class of merchandise, since the padding serves as a protection for preventing the contents of the envelop from being marred, scratched or broken. The cotton batting is extremely light in weight so that the cost of postage will not be excessively increased b reason of the weight of the envelop. lFurt ermore, j

the envelops will do away with the necessity of wrapping an article to be mailed, and thus save time and labor.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:-

"An envelop comprisin a rectangular body portion, a rectangular ottom 'flap of substantially the same size as the body and connected with the bottom edge of the latter, side fia s connected with t e end edges of the bo y, a top flap secured to the body and extending from one end thereof to the other, and a single piece of padding in sheet form of a size equal to the combined area of the body and bottom flap and arranged over and glued to the inner surfaces of the body and bottom liap .with its side edges coincident with the creases between the side flaps and body and with the side edges of the bottom flap and the other two ed es coincident with ody and top flap flap and folded in line with the crease between the body and bottom flap, said padding forming a cushion entirely lining the envelop with one half directly opposite or facing the other half, the end flaps extendin 'i and overlying the end leps'of-:the u-Iiperi por- 1o beyond the opposite sides of the paddin an .tions thereof.

having theix` inner surfaces glued to a, here In testimony whereof I affix my signature to the outer surface of the bottom iiap and in presence of two Witnesses.

1' maintaining the side edges of the paddin doubled back on itself in contact With eac l GARFIELD P SKINNER other, and the top Hag bein stuck to the Witnesses: outside of the bottom ap ysm folding down W. J. DETWILER,

over the'meeting end edges of the padding J. C. JONES. 

